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We have hundreds of national guard members returning home to East Tennessee from a year in Iraq this week. There has been lots of coverage on the news and in the newspaper showing happy family reunions. And no matter how many times I see someone go sprinting toward a returning soldier and jump in his/her arms, I get all weepy. It's just a beautiful thing. I'm so sorry they had to go at all but I am awfully glad for their families that they are home. And of course I think of the families all around our area who are also watching these reunions, knowing that their own soldier won't be coming home...ever.